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> Why you gotta be all in his face for this? Huh? How am I "in his face"? This is Hacker News. We discuss posts. Sometimes people disagree. After having read t
by xibalba 6y ago
> Why you gotta be all in his face for this?
Huh? How am I "in his face"? This is Hacker News. We discuss posts. Sometimes people disagree. After having read the article, I am discussing a direct quote from it. Or do you think we should only discuss things upon which we agree?
>The author's claim states that bullying is not a subjective thing defined by the perceptions of the bully.
Where, in the article, do you see the author make this claim? To my reading, the implication by the author is that bullying is subjectively defined by the victim of bullying. The author does not point to any kind of code of conduct or standard (or lack thereof) by which the alleged bullying can be judged.
- fennecfoxen 6y ago> How am I "in his face"? Because this poor guy's telling us, "I can't take this anymore," that his volunteering experience was so damn combative and miserable that he quit, and he just wants peace.. And now here you are saying "yeah? well what STANDARDS does he propose by which we can evaluate the VALIDITY OF THE BULLYING?!?" and ... like, come on. It's combative, it's insensitive, and it's an altogether inappropriate demand — you don't get to expect a treatise in the "bullying was too bad, so I quit" letter, even by way of hyperlink. In short, by embodying the problem that made him quit and applying that problem to his quitting.